Biographies

Mr. Martin A. Dietrich is Chairman of the Board of the Company. He was President and Chief Operating Officer of NBT Bank from September 1999 to December 2003. He is currently a director of Preferred Mutual Insurance Company, New York Bankers Association, and Norwich Building Tomorrow Foundation Inc. Mr. Dietrich has been a director of NBT Bank since 1993, and NBT since 2005. Mr. Dietrich became Chairman of the NBT and NBT Bank Boards in May 2016. Mr. Dietrich’s past leadership as President and Chief Executive Officer of NBT and NBT Bank provides him with thorough knowledge of the Company’s opportunities, challenges and operations.

Mr. John H. Watt Jr. is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of the Company. He was an Executive Vice President and joined the Company’s executive management team in 2015. He joined the Company and NBT Bank in 2014 to lead NBT Bank’s expansion into Maine and establish a regional headquarters in Portland. Mr. Watt became a director of NBT and Bank in December 2016. Mr. Watt has over thirty years of experience in financial services. Prior to joining the Company, he was executive vice president of commercial banking, investment management and bank operations at Alliance Bank, N.A. He was also a member of the board of directors for Alliance Bank and Alliance Financial Corporation, which merged with the Company in 2013. Previously, he was employed by JP Morgan Chase and its predecessors. He is a graduate of Rutgers University with a bachelor’s degree in political science and earned his Juris Doctor from The National Law Center at George Washington University.

Mr. Michael J. Chewens is Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of NBT Bank of the Company. He was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of same from 1999 to 2001. He was also Corporate Secretary of NBT and NBT Bank from December 2000 to April 2010.

Mr. F. Sheldon Prentice is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Company. He served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Merchants Bancshares, Inc. in South Burlington, Vermont from March 2008 until April 2010. Prior to joining Merchants Bancshares, Inc., Mr. Prentice served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Chittenden Corporation in Burlington, Vermont from December 1985 until they were purchased in December 2007 by Peoples United Bank of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Mr. Prentice remained with Peoples United Bank until March 2008 when he joined Merchants Bancshares, Inc.

Mr. Timothy L. Brenner is Executive Vice President; President - Wealth Management of NBT Bank of the Company. He was Senior Vice President, M&T Investment Group. In this role he managed the multi-state Institutional Services (Employee Benefits, Institutional Investment Management Custody, Corporate Trust, Investment Advisory Services, and Property & Casualty Insurance) division. He was also President of the MTB Funds and M&T Life Insurance Company. Previously, he was also Partner at Vivacqua and Company, an independent financial services and insurance agency.

Ms. Amy Wiles is Executive Vice President of the Company. Ms. Wiles was served as Chief Credit Officer and Chief Risk Officer of the Company. Wiles has over 35 years of experience in banking. She joined NBT in 2015 as Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer. Earlier this year, she assumed the additional role of Chief Risk Officer and now provides leadership for NBT's Credit Administration and Risk Management Divisions. Prior to joining NBT, Wiles was Executive Vice President and Group Credit Executive for Key Bank's Community Bank Division where she was responsible for supporting growth and maintaining credit risk standards for diversified portfolios across Key Bank's footprint. Before that, Wiles was employed by JP Morgan Chase. Wiles is a member of the national Risk Management Association's Credit Risk Council and their Mid-Tier Bank Council. She also serves as a board member for the Volunteer Lawyers Project of Onondaga County, Inc. A native of Syracuse, NY, Wiles earned her bachelor's degree from Colgate University and her MBA from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.

Mr. John C. Mitchell is Lead Independent Director of the Company. He was formerly President and Chief Executive Officer of I.L. Richer Co., an agricultural business, from 1979 to 2008. He is currently a director of Preferred Mutual Insurance Company, Delaware Otsego Corporation and has been a director of the Bank and NBT since 1993 and 1994, respectively. Mr. Mitchell’s over twenty years of service on NBT’s Board provides him with a seasoned view of NBT’s operations and challenges. He has a strong corporate governance background due to his service on other corporate boards, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and his role as Chairman of the Compensation and Benefits Committee.

Mr. Jack H. Webb is Director of the Company. He was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Alliance Financial Corporation from January 2002 until March 8, 2013 when the company merged with NBT at which time Mr. Webb became Executive Vice President of Strategic Support for NBT until May 2015. On March 25, 2013 Mr. Webb also became a director of NBT and the Bank. Prior to the merger, he was also the President and Chief Executive Officer of Alliance Bank. He joined Alliance in May 2000 after a 26-year career with Chase Manhattan Bank. He also served as a Director of Alliance Leasing, Inc. He is EVP/COO director of the Community Baseball of CNY, Inc. and serves on the advisory board of CNY Lifetime Healthcare. Mr. Webb graduated from the Rochester Business Institute. His day to day leadership of Alliance Financial Corporation and Alliance Bank provides him with thorough knowledge of the financial services industry as well as NBT’s Syracuse market.

Ms. Patricia T. Civil is Independent Director of the Company. She served as the Managing Partner of Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP in Syracuse, NY from 1992 until her retirement in 2002. Ms. Civil has been a director of NBT and NBT Bank since 2003. Ms. Civil served as director for Anaran Inc. from December 2007 until its sale to a private equity firm in 2014 and for SRC Inc. from 2006 to 2015. She is currently a director of New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Company (“NYCM”). As a Certified Public Accountant specializing in banking and financial services, Ms. Civil provides the Board with extensive experience in corporate finance and accounting and serves as the Chair of the Audit and Risk Management Committee. In addition to her accounting background, Ms. Civil’s service as the Managing Partner of the Syracuse, NY office of her accounting firm brings strong executive experience to the Board, and her recent service on the board of another public company provides the Board with additional corporate governance expertise.

Mr. Timothy E. Delaney is Independent Director of the Company. He is Founder and former President of The Delaney Group, Inc. and is a former Executive Vice President of its successor company, Tetra Tech Construction, Inc. and President of Tetra Tech Canada Construction. Together, these companies make up the North American Renewable Construction division of Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK), a public company, and they are principally engaged in energy related heavy civil engineering and construction since 1982. Mr. Delaney has been a director of NBT since January 24, 2011 and has been a director of NBT Bank since 2006. Mr. Delaney’s experience as a business owner in NBT’s market area and experience as an NBT Bank director provides the Board with insight into the needs of NBT’s customers, executive management and insight into NBT’s challenges, opportunities and operations.

Mr. James H. Douglas is Independent Director of the Company. He is the former Governor of Vermont, a position he held for four, two-year terms, starting in 2002 and ending in 2010. Mr. Douglas has been a director of NBT Bank and NBT since January 2011. Mr. Douglas served the people of Vermont for more than 35 years, having been elected to the Vermont House of Representatives after graduating from Middlebury College in 1972. Mr. Douglas was elected Secretary of State in 1980, a position he held until 1992. He was then elected as State Treasurer in 1994, a position he held until his election as Governor. Outside of government, Mr. Douglas is an executive in residence at Middlebury College and has been active in numerous community organizations. In addition, he is a director for National Life Group and National Life Insurance Company, as well as a director for Union Mutual of Vermont. Mr. Douglas’ experience in state politics provides the Board with insight into one of NBT’s newer market areas. Mr. Douglas also brings executive management and governance experience from his previous positions to the Board. Further, the skills he developed as State Treasurer provide the Board with additional finance experience.

Mr. Andrew S. Kowalczyk III is Independent Director of the Company. He is an attorney and partner at Kowalczyk, Deery & Broadbent, LLP in Utica, New York. His practice focuses on banking, business law and real estate. He was admitted to the New York State Bar in 1983. Mr. Kowalczyk is a graduate of St. Lawrence University and Albany Law School. He is a member of the Oneida County Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He served on the NBT Bank Advisory Board from 2006 through 2010. He was appointed to NBT Bank’s board in October 2010 and completed his first term of service in May 2016.

Mr. Van Ness Daniel Robinson II is Independent Director of the Company. He has served on the Board of Directors of NYCM since 1986 and was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer in 2002. He also serves as president, chief executive officer and a board member of automobile insurer A. Central Insurance Company, a subsidiary of NYCM since 1999. He serves as director and vice president of A.F. Stager Independent Adjustors, since 1991 and 1999, respectively. Mr. Robinson has served as chairman of the Motor Vehicle Accident Indemnification Corporation, where he currently serves as a board member. He was appointed by former New York Governor George Pataki to the State’s Motor Vehicle Theft and Insurance Fraud Prevention Board. He has served on the Board of A. O. Fox Hospital since 2012 and was named Chairman of the Board in May of 2016. He is a member of the Excellus BlueCross BlueShield Board of Directors and the Utica College Advisory board since 2014 and 2006, respectively. In 2016, Mr. Robinson was appointed as a board member on the Thurston Board (Bassett Health Care Network). Mr. Robinson earned his bachelor’s degree in marketing from St. Bonaventure University. He was appointed to NBT Bank’s board in March 2008 and completed his first term of service in May 2016.

Mr. Matthew J. Salanger is Independent Director of the Company. He has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of United Health Services, Inc. (“UHS”) since 2007. He also continues to serve as president and chief executive officer for UHS Hospitals, including UHS Binghamton General Hospital and UHS Wilson Medical Center, a position he was appointed to in March 1994. Mr. Salanger is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, is a member of the Binghamton University Council and recently completed his appointment by New York State Governor Patterson on the State’s Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators. He earned his bachelor of arts degree at the University at Albany/SUNY and his master’s degree in hospital and health administration at Xavier University. He was appointed to NBT Bank’s board in January 2011 and completed his first term of service in May 2016.

Mr. Joseph A. Santangelo is Independent Director of the Company. He is President and Chief Executive Officer of Arkell Hall Foundation Inc. Mr. Santangelo has been a director of the Bank and NBT since 1991 and 2000, respectively. He service on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and past experience on the Compensation and Benefits Committee provides the Board with strong corporate governance and executive compensation experience. In addition, his eleven plus years of service on the Board along with his considerable experience in operating one of the largest private foundations in the upstate NY region provides him with a seasoned view of NBT’s operations and the challenges facing NBT.

Mr. Lowell A. Seifter, Esq. is Independent Director of the Company. He was a founding member of Green & Seifter Attorneys, PLLC, now known as Bousquet Holstein Attorneys, PLLC, where he practiced law from 1977-2011. From 2002 until 2006, Mr. Seifter was a member of the board of directors of Bridge Street Financial, Inc. and its banking subsidiary, Oswego County National Bank. From 2006 until the merger with NBT, Mr. Seifter served on the Board of Directors of Alliance Financial Corporation and its subsidiary Alliance Bank where he was Chairman of the Compensation Committee and member of the Governance, Business Development and Risk Committees. Mr. Seifter received a B.S. degree from Syracuse University, a J.D. degree from Syracuse University College of Law and is a non-practicing certified public accountant.

Mr. Robert A. Wadsworth is Independent Director of the Company. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Preferred Mutual Insurance Company from 1997 until his retirement in 2008. Mr. Wadsworth is currently the Chairman, corporate secretary and a director of the board of Preferred Mutual Insurance Company. He is also a director of Preferred Services Corp., Preferred of New York Inc., and has been a director of the Bank and NBT since 2001 and 2006, respectively. Mr. Wadsworth’s service as the Chief Executive Officer of a corporation based in one of NBT’s communities brings to the Board strong executive experience and an understanding of the business and consumer needs of a community that NBT serves. His service on the boards of several insurance and financial services corporations provides the Board with additional insight into the financial services industry.

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